Broback's Blog

@khartline post with a cool video: Xmas lights choreographed to the Waitresses “Christmas Wrapping”. (photshopped?) http://bit.ly/23dmhb # If Apple’s stock hits $280, that will give them a market value of $250 billion — equaling that of MSFT today. http://bit.ly/1IGsVg # RT @GABECREATESBUZZ: @dom @thebook 140 Characters is a MUST read for Marketing Communications/ PR professionals. […]

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Good. WSJ says the Supreme Court is skeptical/scornful to broader patent protection for “business methods.” http://bit.ly/1RXKdQ # Sony “breaks ranks” — will rent “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” on the Web a month before DVD. http://bit.ly/4rUAjC # JD Power: BMW below Chrysler in “Overall Dependability.” As a BMW owner, I’m not surprised. http://bit.ly/1Xcp3e # […]

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WSJ: Wal-Mart is risking little in book wars. Online sales account for less than 1% of Wal-Mart’s U.S. revenue. http://bit.ly/VawCu # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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Analyzing 8,526 tweets mentioning the Verizon/Motorola droid. 2,461 embedded links resolve back to 697 unique domains… # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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Tribune Co. may sever ties with the AP. http://bit.ly/ZOglm # @seandemery thanks for lunch today, great talking with you… # Cool! H.R.6209 would “preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program they accompany.” http://bit.ly/1422VQ # @AdrianEden Adrian — an awesome week so far. Thanks for asking. How about you? # @brandon_wirtz Compression […]

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Int’l Energy Agency to make a “substantial” downward revision to its long-term forecast for global oil demand. http://bit.ly/4k6iJG # OMG. Police believe the man who trained our dog (a great guy) has been murdered. Inconceivable. http://bit.ly/4rHuCS # AT&T suing Verizon over (the brilliant ) ‘There’s a Map for That’ ads. http://bit.ly/khChN # WSJ: Looks like […]

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Lufthansa MySkyStatus to be Renamed “ComeRobMyHouse” http://bit.ly/35brZG # Yale Economist: how Shakespeare’s “Merchant of Venice” can teach us how to prevent future financial crises. http://bit.ly/4g35o # @Awfy Greg: Thanks — Tweet O’Clock got a great reception at #140tc. People love to see useful tools in action. # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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Okay, I admittedly am over-snarking about what looks like something possibly of value to those 20-something twitchy urban hipsters who live in secure buildings and simply MUST-SHARE-EVERYTHING they do 24/7. Here’s the deal. Enter your flight info into the service and it will periodically update your social networks with status updates as to your location […]

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WA is apparently “the only U.S. state that runs a trade surplus with the rest of the world.” http://bit.ly/4q1uur # Note to local GOP candidates. Despite my libertarian leanings — if you’re a real estate developer, I’m voting Democrat every time. # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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Figured out how to resolve shortened URLs in filemaker. Analyzing 1500 tweets about social search… # Neuheisel suffers fifth straight loss. # The Economist: “virtually all the population growth in America is in the suburbs and exurbs.” #toldyouso http://bit.ly/qGHLS # Hope and Change! The WSJ is now America’s biggest paper (and growing.) Daily sales of […]

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